Judges 9:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 9:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’

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KJV

King James Version

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, [and] reign over us.

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WEB

World English Bible

“The trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 9

⁸ One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

⁹ But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’

¹¹ But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’

¹² Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’

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